The Ad-Dressing Of Cats - UK 1981 / Musical "Cats"

Song The Ad-Dressing Of Cats - UK 1981 / Musical "Cats"
Artist Andrew Lloyd Webber
Album Cats (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Lyrics

[00:04.40] You've heard of several kinds of cat
[00:09.80] And my opinion now is that
[00:14.57] You should need no interpreter
[00:19.61] To understand our character
[00:24.43] You've learned enough to take the view
[00:29.32] That cats are very much like you
[00:34.06] You've seen us both at work and games
[00:39.15] And learnt about our proper names
[00:44.10] Our habits and our habitat
[00:48.44] But how would you address a cat?
[00:58.22] So first, you’ll memory I'll jog
[01:04.98] And say: A cat is not a dog
[01:19.86] Now dogs pretend they like to fight
[01:24.71] They often bark, more seldom bite
[01:29.47] But yet a dog is, on the whole
[01:34.19] What you would call a simple soul
[01:38.95] The usual dog about the town
[01:43.79] Is much inclined to play the clown
[01:48.52] And far from showing too much pride
[01:53.70] Is frequently undignified
[01:58.61] He's such an easy-going lout
[02:03.28] He'll answer any hail or shout
[02:12.84] The usual dog about the town
[02:18.16] Is much inclined to play the clown
[02:22.57] Again I must remind you that
[02:29.18] A dog's a dog, a cat's a cat
[02:39.96] With cats, some say one rule is true
[02:46.93] Don't speak 'til you are spoken to
[02:55.21] Myself I do not hold with that
[03:00.04] I say you should address a cat
[03:04.72] But always bear in mind that he
[03:09.23] Resents familiarity
[03:16.30] You bow, and taking off your hat
[03:23.49] Address him in this form: "O' cat!"
[03:34.51] Before a cat will condescend
[03:38.85] To treat you as a trusted friend
[03:43.72] Some little token of esteem
[03:48.15] Is needed, like a dish of cream
[03:52.85] And you might now and then supply
[03:57.36] Some caviar, or Strasburg pie
[04:01.57] Some potted grouse or salmon paste
[04:06.53] He's sure to have his personal taste
[04:11.65] And so in time you reach your aim
[04:16.34] And call him by his name
[04:26.32] So this is this, and that is that
[04:33.78] And there's how you address a cat
[04:41.52] A cat's entitled to expect
[04:46.98] These evidences of respect
[04:51.18] So this is this, and that is that
[04:58.68] And there's how you address a cat
[05:15.69]

Pinyin

[00:04.40] You' ve heard of several kinds of cat
[00:09.80] And my opinion now is that
[00:14.57] You should need no interpreter
[00:19.61] To understand our character
[00:24.43] You' ve learned enough to take the view
[00:29.32] That cats are very much like you
[00:34.06] You' ve seen us both at work and games
[00:39.15] And learnt about our proper names
[00:44.10] Our habits and our habitat
[00:48.44] But how would you address a cat?
[00:58.22] So first, you' ll memory I' ll jog
[01:04.98] And say: A cat is not a dog
[01:19.86] Now dogs pretend they like to fight
[01:24.71] They often bark, more seldom bite
[01:29.47] But yet a dog is, on the whole
[01:34.19] What you would call a simple soul
[01:38.95] The usual dog about the town
[01:43.79] Is much inclined to play the clown
[01:48.52] And far from showing too much pride
[01:53.70] Is frequently undignified
[01:58.61] He' s such an easygoing lout
[02:03.28] He' ll answer any hail or shout
[02:12.84] The usual dog about the town
[02:18.16] Is much inclined to play the clown
[02:22.57] Again I must remind you that
[02:29.18] A dog' s a dog, a cat' s a cat
[02:39.96] With cats, some say one rule is true
[02:46.93] Don' t speak ' til you are spoken to
[02:55.21] Myself I do not hold with that
[03:00.04] I say you should address a cat
[03:04.72] But always bear in mind that he
[03:09.23] Resents familiarity
[03:16.30] You bow, and taking off your hat
[03:23.49] Address him in this form: " O' cat!"
[03:34.51] Before a cat will condescend
[03:38.85] To treat you as a trusted friend
[03:43.72] Some little token of esteem
[03:48.15] Is needed, like a dish of cream
[03:52.85] And you might now and then supply
[03:57.36] Some caviar, or Strasburg pie
[04:01.57] Some potted grouse or salmon paste
[04:06.53] He' s sure to have his personal taste
[04:11.65] And so in time you reach your aim
[04:16.34] And call him by his name
[04:26.32] So this is this, and that is that
[04:33.78] And there' s how you address a cat
[04:41.52] A cat' s entitled to expect
[04:46.98] These evidences of respect
[04:51.18] So this is this, and that is that
[04:58.68] And there' s how you address a cat
[05:15.69]